AGENDA CAPTION:
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Receive a Staff update and hold discussion regarding Cape's Dam, and provide direction to the City Manager.
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Meeting date: January 7, 2020
Department: Parks and Recreation Department
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Background Information:
February 22, 2016: Capes Dam Workshop
* Presentation by Dr. Thomas Hardy
* Effects of changing height of Cape's Dam on recreation, Texas wild rice and fountain darter habitat (Hardy Report - 10/12/15)
March 15, 2016: Council voted to approve the removal of Cape's Dam.
August 16, 2016: Capes Dam Council Presentation
* Presentation by Mike Montagne, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
* Cape's Dam Removal Analysis (Hydraulic Hardy Report - 3/27/2017)
* Supplement Cape's Dam and Mill Race Assessment (Supplemental Assessment-Hardy Report - 5/23/17)
October 4, 2018: Historic Preservation Commission
* Recommended approval of designating Thompson/Cape Dam and Ditch Engineering Structure as a local historic landmark (4-2)
November 27, 2018: Planning and Zoning Commission
* Recommended denial of designating Thompson/Cape Dam and Dit...
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